caption to above
"IS THAT STIMULUS CHECK IN THE MAIL SIR?"
...on the lighter side?
More competition for my job? Oh Great!
Good Grief...Cmon now..
read between the lines..
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN!
Mark Steyn: So far, it's been Obamateur Hour
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thirteen STINKING dollars
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And this small tidbit from our friends at American Thinker
An article entitled: Will Old folks get in the way of our brave new world?
It speaks of an article in the stimulus package that quite possible restricts the elderly from medical care under one of the provisions that must not have been read too closely yet by most of the Congresspersons!
Why -the Demoncrats always try to scare the older population by saying that the GOP will take away your social security and THEN put a program in place that will just kill you by denying medical care so they don't have to pay you any of the entitlements afterall!!!
What a wunnerful life it is these days!
Here is the link!
And then read this comment to that article that I found pretty scorching!!!
Matt Wrote:
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To answer your question: YES.
> > To answer the question of "who has a
> responsibility to die on behalf of the state", I'd
> like to give the Great Depression/WWII generation
> a pass, and I'd vote for anyone born between 1945
> and 1960. I realize that this is a broad-brush
> approach, but what the hell? I'm angry.
> > The Baby Boomers have destroyed my country,
> morally, politically, academically and now,
> economically. My Generation, which will have to
> scratch out a bare existance where once there were
> lush green fields, can look forward to an
> immediate future where we're chained to a desk at
> minimum wages, harried to an inhuman level by our
> government and worked like three-legged sleddogs,
> while our elders gradually vote themselves
> government-funded bladder-control and
> anti-psoriasis meds (because God-forbifd any of
> you should have to deal with the inconveniences
> that used to fall under the auspices of "old age"
> with dignity, like your parents did. All them meds
> usually have side-effects worse than the original
> ailment, btw, which then require more prescription
> meds to mask the side-effects) along with free
> post-retirement breast/penile/hair implants and
> Viagra (because to a Baby Boomer, eternal youth
> can only be measured in terms of erections,
> orgasms, and phsyical attractiveness).
> > You started with the monstrosity called The
> Prescription Drug Benefit, followed it up with
> this current banking disaster (every CEO dragged
> before Congress recently seems to be a Baby
> Boomer, you see), and will finally put a stake
> through the heart of this Constitutional Republic
> when the waste-products of your generation
> (Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Obama, Kerry, et. al.) do
> their damndest to ensure that the bones are picked
> clean -- with a fake "Stimulus" bill, and our
> enemies abroad reassured that we will, indeed,
> surrender at the earliest convenient (i.e.
> intensely-focus grouped and religiously-polled)
> date.
> > The generation that was given everything -- and
> squandered it -- has left nothing for those who
> come behind it. You have robbed us of our
> morality, our constitutional republic, and our
> livlihoods are in danger because of your greed and
> stupidity. I'm 42 and will never get to "retire"
> because a) I now have very little left in terms of
> savings, b) you've destroyed my earning potential
> by outsourcing my job, and c) you hold the levers
> of power now and will make an effort to ensure
> that what little is left is yours, you greedy
> bastards, and that you won't have to pay for it.
> > The line starts right here. For once in your
> lives, do something unselfish and volunteer to
> relieve your children and grandchildren of the
> burden of caring for your worthless behind when
> the time comes.
Amen brother! As a generation the boomers were the worst to ever walk the earth in this country. They were given everything and leave behind nothing but a footnote on how to lose your soul; the title of the entry is "sex,drugs, and rock'nroll".
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But more reasonable was this one:reader Wrote:
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Who is going to be the individual, politician,
> organization that will have the guts to DEMAND
> that social security and medicare be TAKEN OUT OF
> THE GENERAL FUND and put into ITS OWN fund? Who is
> going to have the courage to stop the cookie
> dipping and plunder of our money by the
> administration/s, the money we pay and our
> employer's pay? AARP with its millions and
> millions of members?????? You can wait. It will
> never happen. They have been in "business" for
> ages but have NEVER defended their members and the
> rest of seniors. > > Retirement? Pensions? Let's just look at
> Switzerland. Everybody pays into the pension fund.
> It is called "the first pillar" up to 25,000
> francs (not exact to the dollar), then you and
> your employer pay into the "2nd pillar" up to
> 79,000 francs (it is called "prevoyance
> professionelle" - to allow you to live out your
> retirement years at the standard you were used
> to), and then you are also allowed to have your
> own pension plan - all tax deductible. How about
> that? If the contributor dies, his wife/husband
> and children IMMEDIATELY (one month after the
> death) get a pension depending on how many years
> the deceased contributed. The employer sends in
> the employee's and employer's contritubion to the
> fund/s. It is NOT in a "general fund" that allows
> the politicians in our country plunder
> ("borrow".....) it and use OUR money for whatever
> they want. So, WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THE COURAGE?
> Not in my lifetime. If it was in its own fund,
> properly managed, seniors would not be getting the
> miserable 1000 dollars or so but would be able to
> get a pension that would allow them to go around
> the world and live like human beings and not in
> poverty. Social Security and Medicare should be in
> that fund. Medicaid should be a government run
> program because I do not believe that we shall
> EVER have a health program for everyone like the
> French.
You mean like it was before a majority of Democrats voted to
place it in the general fund. When your SSN was a Social Security
Account Number. Yes, they tracked who paid. No pay in, no benefits paid out.
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Enough about that and how about this?
Who is Jennifer Rubin?
Jennifer Rubin is hoping its all one big joke:
This is an odd way indeed to combat a recession. Usually, the president and treasury secretary in an economic crisis try to project calm, certainty, and a sense of command. The Obama administration approach is something new indeed. Perhaps it is some Zen-like exercise to “be the panic; own the fear!” Whatever they are doing they should knock it off. They’re going to scare the living daylights out of markets, consumers, and businesses.
Even the press can't remain somnolent forever. There is such a thing as an instinct for self preservation and eventually, the media will wake up to the sad fact that no one is in charge and no one has a clue about what to do.
Scary indeed...
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I say... Where is John Alt?
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This from the American Thinker writer in an article also sums up my feelings...
"Those American Thinker readers who are familiar with the twin bailout bills (the TARP bill passed by the Democrat congress under President Bush and the “stimulus” bill passed by the Democrat congress under President Obama) know that there is almost nothing in either bill for the “average” American."
I say-Joe American is always the one who gets screwed...
Read IT!
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Quote ME!
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)